Okay, so this is the screen where characters are chosen. Pretty different from what we've had in Alicia 1.0, right? And you can choose a starting outfit!
There are few at this moment, and i don't know if there will be more (hope so!), but some of those few you had to buy in the old Alicia, and here you get them right from the start. I hope that stays too.Models are actually looking quite good:
This plaza seems to be the first screen now - where player comes after they've created their character. It's still quite pretty, if so.
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If anyone went into the beta, could you please confirm this and other changes in the comments section?
One of the big changes is that now there is a whole new training system in Alicia 2.0 that lets you to upgrade your horse's stats. And there's this new cute character to go with it as well!
Oh, and my favourite carrot on a stick is still in the business, cool :) Other old mini-games have been reworked also. Now, feeding is part of the training too, it is used to restore a horse's stamina.
There are new mini-games too, like this one - in order to raise strength parameter of a horse it must haul heavy things around, and the character training it should lead the horse around the track. The second screenshot shows success, when a horse's strength parameter rose 2 points!
Also, controls had changed. To lead the horse around you have to grab its reins by holding down Shift key.
Ranch had been changed too, i get the impression that at the beginning of the game it is much smaller than what we've been used to. Perhaps players have to build it from scratch?
Now, here's a screenshot of male avatar in default clothing. He's cute :)
And here's a default horse and its stat screen. The model looks a little awkward to me, but that's just a personal opinion.
"Game room" (a place where you chose races to take) is changed now, too:
Races now give you bonus cards, i could be wrong, but my best guess is that they could be used for training too.